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- The show features an ensemble cast of female inmates, prison employees, and civilian loved ones from a wide variety of backgrounds. Piper Chapman is, however, based on a real person: Piper Kerman. Her 2010 book, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison is based on her own time in a real-life penitentiary.
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Jul 13, 2018 · It's scary to think about, but yep, Pornstache, the creepy, inappropriate guard, was based on a real person. In real life, the inmates nicknamed him "Gay Pornstar," and even nice Larry hated him.
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Piper Kerman's Memoir Was The Inspiration For The Show
Orange Is the New Black's true story comes from Piper Kerman's memoir, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison.The memoir follows true stories from her life, specifically the aftermath of getting involved in drug trafficking and money laundering with her ex-girlfriend. While she moved money for her, Kerman refused to move the drugs, eventually leaving her girlfriend and the organization. Afterward, she attempted to get her life back together, but six years later, she ended up bei...
The Netflix Show Changed Many Aspects Of The Book
Orange Is the New Black aired for seven years, eventually straying from the source material. Despite its roots in a true story, many of the details in Orange is the New Black were fictional. The real Piper did fall for a woman in a drug ring and was sent to jail because of it. In the show, Piper's prison reunion with this ex-girlfriend is a huge focus. But, as TV Time reports, the real Piper wasn't in the same prison as her ex like in Orange Is the New Black. The two only saw each other durin...
Piper Kerman Continues To Advocate For Reform In Women's Prisons
Since Orange is the New Black is based on her true story, Piper Kerman appears in the series twice in a nod to the real events of her life. She appears in the show’s opening credits as one of the incarcerated women. She also appears in the Orange is the New Black series finaleas an inmate being visited by her real-life husband. During the last scene in the prison in which Piper visits Alex, Kerman can be seen two seats away from Alex. Even before the show premiered, Piper Kerman was a huge ad...
Orange Is The New Black Remains The Tip Of The Netflix True Story Iceberg
With no Orange Is the New Blackseason 8 on the way, there are plenty of other options on Netflix for those seeking real-life-inspired stories. Foremost among these is Mindhunter, which tells the story of the founding of the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. Agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench ( Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany) travel the U.S. interviewing incarcerated serial killers and high-profile murderers to develop a method of psychoanalysis that will help solve future crimes. Unbelie...
May 6, 2015 · Cleary Wolters, who's called Nora Jansen in Piper Kerman's memoir, reacts to being the inspiration behind Alex Vause on 'Orange Is the New Black'.
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Aug 1, 2019 · The series is set in a fictional prison in Litchfield, New York, which is a real town in upstate New York, but it does not have a federal penitentiary. The series is instead filmed in an old Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center in Rockland County, New York.
Oct 23, 2019 · Is Alex Vause based on a real person? Alex Vause is loosely based on the real ex-girlfriend of Piper Kerman, Catherine Cleary Wolters.
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Apr 15, 2014 · The tale of the real-life Kerman and Wolters begins in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1991. The pair became friends around the time the Boston-raised Kerman graduated from Smith College, but...
Jun 9, 2016 · Alex Vause was based on Kerman's real-life love interest Catherine Cleary Wolters - the woman whose movements in an international drug ring got her sent to prison.
